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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2000
REGISTRATION NO. 333-79191
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
to
FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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SPHERION CORPORATION
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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DELAWARE 7363 36-3536544
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(State or other jurisdiction of (Primary Standard Industrial (IRS Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization) Classification Code Number)
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2050 SPECTRUM BOULEVARD
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33309
(954) 938-7600
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(Address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
LISA IGLESIAS, ESQ.
GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY
2050 SPECTRUM BOULEVARD
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33309
(954) 938-7600
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(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
COPIES TO:
ANDREW HULSH, ESQ.
BAKER & MCKENZIE
1200 BRICKELL AVENUE, 19TH FLOOR
MIAMI, FL 33131
(305) 789-8985
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
Spherion Corporation (the "Registrant") hereby removes from
registration 1,511,691 shares (the "Shares") of the total 24,158,149 shares of
Common Stock of Spherion Corporation, par value $ 0.01 per share, registered by
the Form S-4 Registration Statement (File No. 333-79191) (the "Registration
Statement"), originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May
24, 1999. The Shares, which were registered in connection with the acquisition
and merger of Norrell Corporation, have not been issued pursuant to the
Registration Statement as of the date of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-4 and has duly caused this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Fort Lauderdale, State of Florida, on
September 26, 2000.
SPHERION CORPORATION
By: /s/ Roy G. Krause
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Roy G. Krause
Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on September 26, 2000.
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Signatures Title
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* Director
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Steven S. Elbaum
* Director
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William F. Evans
* Director
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Jerome B. Grossman
* Director
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Cinda A. Hallman
* Director
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J. Ian Morrison
* Director
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A. Michael Victory
/s/ Guy W. Millner Director
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Guy W. Millner
* Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer,
------------------------------------ and President (principal executive officer)
Raymond Marcy
/s/ Roy G. Krause Executive Vice President and Chief
------------------------------------ Financial Officer (principal financial officer)
Roy G. Krause
* Vice President - Finance (principal accounting
------------------------------------ officer)
Mark W. Smith
/s/ Roy G. Krause
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*By: Roy G. Krause, Attorney-in-Fact
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